Showing results for Shenyang. Search instead for chen+n.+yang.

Shenyang

American

[shuhn-yahng] / ˈʃʌnˈyɑŋ /

noun

Pinyin, Wade-Giles.

a city in and the capital of Liaoning province, in northeastern China: cultural capital of Manchuria; battle 1905.

Shenyang British

/ ˈʃɛnˈjæŋ /

noun

Former name: Mukden. a walled city in NE China in S Manchuria, capital of Liaoning province: capital of the Manchu dynasty from 1644–1912; seized by the Japanese in 1931. Pop: 4 916 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Finding innovative ways to treat cancer is Pfizer’s biggest priority so to boost cutting-edge technologies, Pfizer executives went to Shenyang, China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Zhang later moved north and was eventually named commander of the Shenyang Military Region.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Shenyang, a city northeast of Beijing, offers 500 yuan a month to local families with a third child under three.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025

His parents, proud workers at a tractor factory in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, stopped going to work, and the family moved into an empty factory storage room to save money on rent.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024

Sometimes I’m able to bring them to a new-to-us hidden gem, like the Velaslavasay Panorama, which houses a breathtaking 360-degree panoramic painting of China’s Shenyang city in the early 1900s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023